Job 22:26
For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
In Context
25Yea, the Almighty will be thy treasure, and precious silver to thee.
27Thou shall make thy prayer to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shall pay thy vows.
Cross References
Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
Psalms 25:1To thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Psalms 86:4Rejoice the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Song of Solomon 2:3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man,
Matthew Henry on Job 22:22-30
The Good Counsel of Eliphaz; Encouragements to Return to God. ( b. c. 1520.) 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have… Read the whole commentary →